April 29, 2012

Like dark chocolate, bittersweet fiction provides a combination of two opposing tastes- melancholic overtones and happy underpinning. Have your cake and eat it too (oh we are so good with the metaphors today, aren't we?) with these bittersweet reads.

April 26, 2012

April's almost over, so congratulations! You have survived almost a third of the year. It's time to take break and explore a magical world full of battle, sorcery, prophecy (and someone elses' problems). Why not try these new fantasy novels available at Camden Library?

April 22, 2012

Here's something a little bit different. Go hunting for a great read. Search the river scene above for available books at your library. If you like what you find, why not take it home? Place a reservation and pick it up from your local branch in no time.

April 13, 2012

It's the middle of Autumn! In the same way that the Australian landscape and weather in general may not as be as obedient to the traditional image of Autumn, so does an abundance of books and novels that use Autumn in its stories. Are you ready for an interesting surprise? We put together ten or so reads that use Autumn as a theme. The range is huge- from mysteries and actions to romance, biography and Australian literature. This is definitely a good one if you'd like to try something new.

April 11, 2012

This months theme for the National Year of Reading is Feel. The focus is on books that brought out a deep emotional response- novels that moved you, texts that pulled at your heartstings. We've compiled a short list here, but why not tell us your own? Comment in the box below and we'll add them.

April 05, 2012

The Camden Reads Summer Program provided us with enough recommendations to last us a year! See a small portion (and we mean small, barely 0.5 percent) of what your community thought was really something special.

April 03, 2012

Great television series are often based on popular books, loved for years by avid readers. Where's the proof? Check out a few of these books below- delve deeper into the plots and characters you know and love!